Local interest

I always check out any local interest at Chelsea and it was good to see Capel Manor (in conjunction with John Woods Nurseries) doing one of the Generation gardens, which are tucked away in the Grand Pavilion.


Entitled "The Upwardly Mobile Garden", it has been designed for a professional couple in their first home and who have had a garden makeover to improve the value of the property.

The focal point is the six foot plus Cornus Venus which has a lovely contrast of creamy blooms against dark green foilage. The rest of the planting is a mix of flowering shrubs such as roses, hydrangeas and heathers, low growing foilage plants such as hostas and Coprosma repens, an occasional ornamental grass and a generous smattering of flowers such as diascias and lavender.